The first table below looks at the demand for Windows 2000 Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows 2000 Server over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the North West region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Rank 115 121 119
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -2
Contract jobs citing Windows 2000 Server 3 11 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.129% 0.354% 0.230%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.551% 1.637% 1.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £150 £150 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -60.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £265 £300
% change year-on-year
+3.77% -11.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
Average hourly rate £10.00 £22.25 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-55.05% -45.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £24.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-38.14% +38.57%
All Operating Systems
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
544 672 673
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.34% 21.60% 22.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 262 355
Average daily rate £298 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.03% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £175 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £460 £415
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 69 73
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +34.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £30.00 £30.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
Windows 2000 Server
England

Windows 2000 Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 Server across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

North West Windows 2000 Server Jobs Demand Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows 2000 Server across the North West region.

North West Windows 2000 Server Daily Rate Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows 2000 Server across the North West region.

North West Windows 2000 Server Hourly Rate Trend

Windows 2000 Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows 2000 Server within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester +8 3 £150 -
Windows 2000 Server
England

Windows 2000 Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Windows 2000 Server also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows 2000 Server.

1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (50.00%) VMware
4 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (41.67%) MS Exchange
6 4 (33.33%) Windows 2000
6 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
7 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
7 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (25.00%) SAN
7 3 (25.00%) SCCM
7 3 (25.00%) DHCP
7 3 (25.00%) DNS
7 3 (25.00%) Citrix
8 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
8 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
8 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 2 (16.67%) MS Office
8 2 (16.67%) ITIL
8 2 (16.67%) SCOM
8 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
8 2 (16.67%) Validation
8 2 (16.67%) vSphere
8 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 2 (16.67%) VMware ESX

Windows 2000 Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Windows 2000 Server also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows 2000 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (8.333%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) SAN
1 3 (25.00%) DHCP
1 3 (25.00%) DNS
2 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (8.333%) LAN
3 1 (8.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (8.333%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Support Technician
2 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Technician
3 1 (8.333%) IT Support
3 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Systems Manager
3 1 (8.333%) IT Support Technician
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Support Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.333%) Field Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) Clustering
2 1 (8.333%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (33.33%) Windows 2000
4 3 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
6 1 (8.333%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
1 2 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
2 1 (8.333%) Information Security
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) CRM
2 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) DV Cleared
2 1 (8.333%) MCP
2 1 (8.333%) MCSE
2 1 (8.333%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 8 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 2 (16.67%) vSphere
4 2 (16.67%) VMware ESX
5 1 (8.333%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (8.333%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
2 2 (16.67%) SCOM
3 1 (8.333%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (50.00%) VMware
3 3 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (8.333%) NetApp
4 1 (8.333%) Cisco
4 1 (8.333%) Symantec